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1. Alexios Iv Angelos

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   In July 1203, the crusader fleet arrived outside the Theodosian Walls. Following a short siege, Alexios III fled, and Alexios IV and his father, Isaac II, were installed as co-emperors.
   The initial enthusiasm quickly evaporated. The city’s treasury, already depleted by decades of weak governance, could not yield the promised silver. Alexios IV managed to scrape together only a fraction of the required funds, largely by aggressively d…